A few weeks ago I mentioned the wonderful grasslands out in Calverton that are under threat.
Well, the big guns have taken notice. It seems the birds have friends in high places!
There is an article in today's New York Times, and I dearly hope the publicity will do some good in the campaign to stop this insane project.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/nyregion/14slope.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=short+eared+owl&st=nyt&oref=slogin
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A clash of the monied titans against the feathered four ... I wish that the military had, from the get-go, deeded the land as a permanent conservation area.
That is some picture of the bird flying in that article!!
Yes, the short-eared owl is beautiful. (See my earlier post "Whooo". That's one.)
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